Associate Director, Stewardship

Rutgers University Foundation • New Brunswick, NJ

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Reporting to the Director of Stewardship, the Associate Director is responsible for designing, implementing, and sustaining a strategic stewardship program that will meet the unique stewardship needs of Rutgers-New Brunswick Development and will enhance the unit’s communication with and cultivation of its donors.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and/or 4+ years of professional experience in fundraising, alumni relations, non-profit organizations, event planning, higher education, or related fields.

Nice To Haves

• Leadership: Own complex projects with senior leadership support (leadership coaches and removes roadblocks), Set clear direction for a project, Provide feedback, develop staff, and colleagues, Set clear direction for a project or sub-team of colleagues; provide feedback and develop staff
• Autonomy: Establish and manage set guidelines/timeline for department/project/program, Perform project analysis; devise and implement process improvements to optimize outcomes
• Complexity: Initiate projects, strategies and innovations within the organization, Demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of department/project/program, Ability to devise strategies and execute on increasingly complex projects (interdisciplinary initiatives)
• Strategy: Manage operational components for department, Develop and submit budgets and other collateral materials as needed to advance a university initiative

Responsibilities

• Manage a permanent stewardship pool
• Manage the tracking of and reporting on New Brunswick (NB) strategic initiatives
• Help track and report on NB endowed positions
• Identify and secure unique gift items for the Chancellor and Foundation to present to high profile and corporate/foundation visitors and select NB Principal Gift Prospects and Major Gift donors
• Execute a stewardship plan for the Chancellor
• Create custom donor reports/gifts for select donors
• Provide support for curated engagement experiences, including organizing corporate and foundation visits and select NB donor campus visits
• Identify and track key milestones for NB donors and push those out to Directors of Development (Reunions, Lifetime Giving, etc.)
• Organize select NB special events
• Gather NB data for donor impact reports produced by the central stewardship office
• Coordinate NB’s acknowledgment process
• Share best practices for scholarship awards and how to organize them
• Serve as the liaison for the central stewardship office to the NB development team, providing content and information to ensure NB is well-represented in central stewardship and communications.
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Office-centric hybrid work schedule
• Comprehensive medical
• Comprehensive no cost dental, and no cost vision insurance for employee and dependents
• 403(b) plan with matching employer contribution
• Accrual of three weeks of annual vacation time, in addition to five wellness days and fifteen sick days per year
• Nine holidays, as well as four floating holidays
• Significant tuition reductions
• Professional development is highly valued at the Rutgers University Foundation, where employees are encouraged to look across the organization to develop new skills and abilities for professional career progression.
• $40 monthly cell phone reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level